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What is Human Systems Integration (HSI)?

Human Systems Integration (HSI) incorporates knowledge of human
capabilities and limitations into systems to make them more efficient,
effective and safe. During system acquisition, HSI seeks to balance human
capabilities and limitations with the affordances and constraints presented
by system technology in order to accomplish system objectives. HSI considers
all human roles in the system such as the operator, maintainer, trainer,
designer, etc. HSI offers a unique value proposition to the Coast Guard by
systematic consideration of the human as an element of total systems
performance, providing program managers with the information to improve
human-technology integration when design changes are most cost effective.

Mission and Goals

Early and up-front application of HSI in the systems engineering process
will ensure that user needs, capabilities, and constraints are incorporated
into the definition, design, development, production, operations, support,
and sustainment of systems. This enables systems to fulfill their
intended purpose for their target audience of operators, maintainers, and
supporters. By influencing system acquisitions, HSI increases the
probability of successful total system performance and decreases the
probability of costly HSI-related inefficiencies or changes.

Mission

Our mission is to represent the Assistance Commandant for Human Resources
(CG-1) in fulfilling responsibilities as the Technical Authority for Human
Systems Integration.

Goals

All system acquisitions have one basic thing in common: they are materiel
solutions for users to accomplish the organization's missions. Even
unmanned systems, such as unmanned aerial systems (UAS), require careful
consideration of human operator and maintainer requirements. The real
measure of system success is the extent to which the system enables the
end-users to do the work of the coast Guard. Because the bulk of a
system's total cost of ownership is attributed to people, effective and
efficient human integration is the key to life-cycle cost control. In
short, the goal of HSI is to find the right (most efficient and effective)
balance among people, hardware, and software.